Gobots Vs. Transformers

From the outset, I will admit that I am on full defense here. Transformers beats Gobots. By a lot. So going in, know that I am not trying to explain why Gobots are better than Transformers. I am just trying to explain why I liked Gobots better than Transformers.

I will be making my case based on this video, so I recommend watching it first:



1) First and most importantly: when the Gobots transform, they still look like robots. As an extreme example, that helicopter guy at :20 just sprouts a propeller and goes on his way. (In all honesty, that one always bothered me, I wanted him to be more helicopter-y.) But Cy-Kill (the mean dude who turns into a motorcycle and, yes, kills) is the perfect example of this. He's using he's vehicle-tude as a means of destruction, not as a means of hiding; his face is in plain view as a motorcycle. I was never really into cool cars as a kid, so I wasn't interested in robots turning into cars. I was interested in robots.

2) Their size always seemed a little more manageable to me. To wit, when the red scooter-thing at :25 transforms the scale makes sense: he is small enough to be ridden by a human as a vehicle and to hold the human's hand as a robot (side note, this transformation has made me laugh every time I've watched it so far).

3) The toys were easier to transform. I swear to god, put a Transformer in 6-year old Geoff's pudgy little hand and it was like a goddamn Rubik's cube. I'm not saying this is the Transformer's fault, but I was just not up to the challenge. Gobots were always a quick slide or two away from being a jet or something.

4) The weapons. I always got the feeling that Transformers was a little too based in reality, with a few too many bullets and bombs and bazookas and things like that. I was a sensitive little child, so power blasts coming out of their fists was more my speed.

5) And, lastly, GOBOTS came FIRST.

Tune in next time for the relevance of Reason #4 in why I didn't get into G.I. Joe.